The Mass Media Sucks

This was just brought to my attention -

From the New York Times (emphasis mine):

Two election workers were convicted of rigging a recount of the 2004 presidential election to avoid a more thorough review. The workers — Jacqueline Maiden, elections coordinator of the Cuyahoga County Elections Board, and Kathleen Dreamer, a ballot manager — were each convicted of a felony count of negligent misconduct of an elections employee. They were also convicted of one misdemeanor count each of failure of elections employees to perform their duty. Prosecutors accused Ms. Maiden and Ms. Dreamer of secretly reviewing selected ballots before a public recount on Dec. 16.

This happened in Ohio, which as you may recall was the pivotal state in 2004 that ended in Bush’s re-election and Kerry’s loss.

Somehow, the fact that a recount for a pivotal county in a heavily contested presidential election was proven to be rigged went largely unreported, relegated to small newswire reports and clippings like this in the major news media. The only detailed reporting on this situation available is from very left-wing publications and blogs that many people assign little to no credibility.